ADAM SEXTON IS AND CONQUERED TONIGHT WITH REACTION -- IN C ONCORD TONIGHT WITH REACTION. IT WAS ONE VOTE AWAY FROM MORE DEBATE, BIG DISTINCTION. IT WAS A CASINO BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY THE SENATE. THE HOUSE SAID NO, BUT TODAY IT DID SO IN PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC FASHION. OH! THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE DEADLOCKED ON A CRUCIAL GAMING VOTE WEDNESDAY WITH THE SIT IN SPEAKER SENDING CASINO GAMBLING TO ANOTHER DEFEAT BY BREAKING THE TIE. IT'S EXTREMELY RARE. I THINK I'VE SEEN IT IN MY 10 YEARS 3-4 TIMES. IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT IT HAPPENS. THIS SETBACK FOR GAMING , AS ALWAYS, IS ONLY TEMPORARY. DUE TO PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS, THERE'LL BE A VOTE TO RECONSIDER AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK'S SESSION. THE EXPERIENCE OF GAMING ISN'T GOING TO GO AWAY. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE FORCES THAT WERE AGAINST EXPANDED GAMING, , TIME AND EFFORT THEY SPENT TO DEFEAT THIS BILL, I THINK IT IS CLEAR THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE GOT SHORTCHANGED. SOME BELIEVE OPPOSITION IS SOFTENING DUE TO A BUDGET SHORTFALL CAUSED BY A RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING THAT A STATE TAX ON HOSPITALS IN -- IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. OPPONENTS ARE HOLDING THE LINE. WE ARE NOT FACING A CRISIS. WE HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVABLE. AFTER TODAY'S TIE VOTE, NO ONE IS QUITE SURE WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT WEEK. I WAS ON RECORD SAID -- SAYING IT WOULD BE AS CLOSE AS GAMING HAS EVER BEEN. IT WAS RAZOR THIN. THIS RAZOR WAS EVEN THINNER THAN I THOUGHT. STATE REPRESENTATIVES SAY WHAT TO WATCH FOR NEXT WEEK WILL BE WHO IS HERE AND WHO IS NOT. ATTENDANCE COULD PLAY A BIG ROLE IN WHETHER THIS BILL IS REVIVED. COMING UP 11:00, HERE FROM THE